Cabinet table



Get. 30 1923.

L. H. SNIDER CABINET'TABLE Filed May 15. 1920 Sheiis-Sheet Obi. 30,19231,4325% L. H. SNIDER CABINET TABLE Filed May 15, 1920 2 Sheets-$heet 2:l' mime, moment.

CABINET TABLE.

Application filed Maw 15, 1920. Serial No. 881,693.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that Lnom H. SNIDER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Grand Rapids, in the county 'of Kent and State of Michigan,-has invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cabinet Tables, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to acombined cabinet and table and has for itsobject to provide an improved construction, combination and arrangementof stand, cabinet and table that is especially useful in hospitals orsickrooms, but may obviously be used as a workstand or for otherpurposes.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein,

Fig. 1. shows the improved devlce in perspective view.

Fig. 2. illustrates the same on an enlarged scale and in horizontalcross-section.

Fig. 3. shows the stand and table in side elevation but the interposedcabinet in vertical section.

Fig. 4. illustrates-the table in end elevation, and

Fig. 5. shows a perspective detail of one of the table clip-wiresdetached.

Referring to the drawing the numeral 10, designates a stand orsupporting structure comprising a plurality of substantially horizontalbars each of which has a down turned end that forms a foot 11.Preferably four of these bars are provided and they are so arranged thatin top view they present the appearance of the letter X whereby toprovide a substantial support for the structures hereinafter to bedescribed.

At the point where the bars merge the stand is provided with a shortvertical post 12, having an annular bearing shoulder 13 around the basethereof, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, of the drawing.

A vertical tube 14, has its lower end fitted down on the vertical post12, and the extreme lower end of this tube seats on the bearing shoulder13 of the stand while the upper end extends a considerable distanceabove the upper end of the post. The vertical tube is preferably tighton the post either by a snug fit with the post or by any mechanicalmeans that will lock the two together, whereby the tube will be keptfrom turning or rotating about the post.

A bearing tube 15, telescopically fits around the vertical tube 14, andhas an an nular flange 16, at the lower end thereof which seats on thebearing shoulder 13, of the stand. This bearing tube is free to revolvearound the tube 14; is of less height than the latter, and forms acentral support for a cabinet structure which will now be ex lained.

' have found from observation that in hospitals or sick-rooms it isdesirable to provide both drawer and cupboard compartments for the useof the patient for personal effects and sick-room requisites, and I havetherefore designed a cabinet embodying both of these features, and atthe same time, I avoid angles on the interior of the cabinet that tendto collect dust and dirt and which can only be avoided with the mostcareful attention.

To these ends I provide a cabinet that is provided with four cornerposts 17 18, 19 and 20, as illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawing, andfrom two of said posts, such as 17 and 18, I sustain a verticalpartition plate 21 whlch latter extends inwardly to the side of thevertical bearing tube 15 and then outwardly again to the post 18, so asto form a vertical compartment 22, with a curved wall 23, at its back sothat all corners and angles are avoided. In the present instance thiscompartment 22, is closed at the front by a double-door 24, and hasshelves therein.

In precisely the same manner I provide a curved partition plate 25, atthe opposite side of the bearing tube 15, which plate extends fromcorner post 19 to corner post 20, but at this side, I employ ahorizontal partition 26, to form an upper compartment 27 and a lowercompartment 28.

The upper compartment 27, is provided with a drawer 29 which latter, asshown in Fig. 2, of the drawing, is provided with a rear wall 30, thatconforms to the crosssectional shape of the partition 25, and thusproduces a drawer that is free of angles or corners at its inner end.

Doors 31, serve to close the lower compartment 28, as can be seen inFigs. 1, 2 and 3.

On the other two opposite sides of the cabinet are provided a series ofdrawers 32 and 33 each of which has a rear wall 34, that extendscontinuously from one side of the drawers to the opposite side thereofwithout angles at the inner portion thereof.

By shaping the partitions 21 and 25, and the rear walls 34 of thedrawers as shown and described I am able to provide cupboard and drawerspace at all four sides of the cabinet and leave a. central verticalpassage 35, between the curved inner portions of said drawers andpartitions for the passage of the vertical bearing tube 15, as clearlyseen in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawing.

The cabinet has a bottom plate 36, which is provided with a centralopening for the passage of the bearing tube 15, and the under or bottomside of this plate 36, seats upon the flange 16, on the lower end ofsaid bearing tube as clearly seen in Fig. 3 of the drawing.

A top plate 37 forms the top of the cabinet and this plate has a centralperforation in which the upper end of the bearing tube 15, snugly fits.I

From the above explanation it will be seen that the entire cabinet issustained by the bearing tube 15, while the latter is rotatably mountedon the vertical tube 14, which is sustained by the vertical post 12.

By this means the cabinet may be readily rotated to present one oranother of the four sides to a person so that access to any of drawersor compartments may be easily gained.

By reference to Fig. 3 of the drawing it will be noted that the innervertical tube 14, has its upper end projecting from the upper end of thebearing tube 15, and that it extends above the cabinet top 37. This isdone so that a set-screw 38, may be provided in the upper projecting endof the inner tube for a purpose that will presently be explained.

A vertical rod 39, extends down into the upper end of the inner tube 14,and may be adjustably sustained therein by the set-screw 38, and thisrod is provided with a horizontal extension 40, that projects laterallyover the top of the cabinet.

Above the rod-extension 40, I provide a fiat table top 41, whoseunder-side carries spaced-apart bearing plates 42, which have concaverecesses 43, in which the rod seats, and set screws 44, pass through theplates and impinge against the rod for the purpose of adjustablysecuring the top to the rod.

Suitable clip wires 45, are pivotally attached to the bearing plates 42,and may be swung up over the opposite edges of the table to clamp acloth, paper or periodical on thetop as is common in tables of thischaracter. a

In the present instance a plate 46, such as glass is shown on the upperside of the table top, and may be secured thereon in any suitablemanner.

I have also shown at one corner of the table top, see Fig. 1, an outline47, to indice that a chart may be placed under the g ass plate on whichthe date or information noted by the nurse for the physicians use ma beplaced.

bviously the top 41, may be swung horizontally or inclined as indicatedby broken lines in Fig.4, or the entire top may be moved horizontally onthe extension 40, of the rod so that the table may serve many usefulpurposes.

Having described my invention, I claim,-

1. The combination with a base having a plurality of bars with a shortvertical stud extending upwardly at the point of merger of saidbars,--sa id stud having an annular bearing shoulder below itsupper-most end, of a vertical tube whose lower end telescopes the studand is supported on the annular bearingshoulder of said stud, a cabinetmounted about the tube and of less height than the latter whereby theupper end of the tube may be exposed above the cabinet, a rod enteringthe upper projecting end of the tube and extending down therein towardthe upper end of the short vertical stud and a table top carried by saidrod above the upper end of the tube and cabinet.

2. The combination with a base having a plurality of bars with a shortvertical stud extending upwardly at the point of merger of saidbars,said stud having an annular bearing shoulder below its upper-mostend, of a vertical tube whose lower end telescopes the stud and issupported on the annular bearing-shoulder of said stud, an outer tuberotatable about the first-named tube and also seated on the said annularbearing shoulder said rotatable tube being shorter than said first-namedtube, a cabinet carried by the rotatable tube and revoluble with thelatter about said first-named tube, a rod telescoping the longer innertube, means on the projecting end of the inner tube for engaging therod, a table top carried by the rod above the cabinet and upper end ofthe inner tube and said rod and table top being rotatable independentlyof the cabinet on the outer tube.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

LLOID H. SNIDER.

